Inubo-saki -3
(June 2, Choshi-shi, Chiba-ken)

Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune was a general who took a major role in the battle between Yoritomo and the Taira family. Yoritomo tried to overthrow the Taira holding real power in politics at that time. But after Yoritomo overturned Taira, he drove Yoshitsune to suicide. People's sympathy for Yoshitsune made various legends. According to one of them, Yoshitsune survived and went over to the Yurasian Continent and became Genghis Khan, the founder of Mongol.

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